Light creates atmosphere – Light sets the mood! And a garden party in particular should be illuminated to match the occasion: happy and beautiful to look at, but also practical and affordable. Look, what we have put together for you.
HUNG OR POSITIONED
Quickly homemade: A circular hole is sawn into the wooden board. Then roll the transparent film, insert them into the cutout and secure them with the piece you sawed out. To hang the lantern she needs four ropes at the corners, to stick them into the ground a threaded rod with nut, washers and acorn nut.
CANDLES IN JAR
Candles and open flames need a windbreak outside, so they don't get blown out all the time. Glass containers such as a glass port for flowers or colored drinking glasses are well suited. They spread an atmospheric, in this case bluish light. Simply place a tea light in a glass. Wine glasses with engraved patterns in particular break the light with many facets and make your banquet table sparkle.
Candles need wind protection:
When wax candles or tea lights are used outdoors, then you definitely need a windbreak. So check, especially in a drafty garden, whether it can even be open light. Also, for safety reasons, open fire should not be left unattended. Better just place it on the dining table. Important: Tea lights have a burn time of about two hours. So make sure you have a sufficiently large supply.
Garden varnishes burn longer:
Clear, because that is of course due to the large lamp oil containers and the low consumption. These 180 cm high noble torch, for example 3,5 liters of lamp oil and therefore has sufficient energy reserves for a long night. The lamp works with a large wick, which is extinguished and protected with a sealing cap.
Available in matte black and brass finish for 79,90 Euro as well as in stainless steel for 129 Euro.
ORIGINAL IDEAS
Made quickly: Here kitchen graters and soup ladles with wax candles have been converted into funny light objects. you wonder, who already has so many graters or ladles? Nun, you will definitely find something at the flea market. And if the old graters are a bit rusty, it doesn't matter. Which would be unforgivable in the kitchen, is charming patina in the garden. Different possibility: Just ask your guests, bring a soup ladle! The light output of the candles is then increased by the bare trowels.
THE ELECTRICAL VERSION
Conjure up something great with fairy lights: The chain of lights, who still decorated the Christmas tree in the garden at Christmas time, is simply converted to party lighting. Colorful plastic cups serve as lampshades, which one cheap in party- and beverage markets. A circular hole is punched in the bottom of the cup with a punch, so that one candle can fit through. The cup can then be fixed to the chain of lights with some all-purpose glue or adhesive tape. The chrome-plated paper basket or dirty laundry container made of perforated metal on the right is almost finished. You may have to drill a hole in the floor for the cable routing.
Fairy lights are the easiest way to transform the garden. They are available in different designs and sizes: The thin strings with lots of little bulbs, the slightly larger ones for Christmas tree lighting and those with normal light bulb sockets, but with special isolation. In the case of the latter, the versions, that have small contact teeth, pressed into the cable and screwed watertight with a small cover cap. The small outdoor light chains have a plug-in power supply unit, that the stream of 220 volts up 24 or 12 volts down.